Month: June 2016

“I sort of hope that happens (housing market collapses) because then people like me would go in and buy.” Donald Trump 2006.

Trump in 2016, On being called out for rooting for a housing market collapse: “I mean, I’m a businessman, I like it when it-when it goes down it goes down.” “What am I going to do. I’m in business. Never thought I was going to run for office.”

The Onion didn’t write the satire. This was no fictitious businessman, smirking with selfish irresponsibility. This was the epitome of the money grubbing, selfish thugs who thinks death and misery of others is a game of opportunity for them. If we were in business participating in perpetuation of the no-bubble lie, we have some responsibility for the humanity crisis of the start of this century. If our only contribution to change is taking what is not ours at a steep discount then we are not business people at all.

Oh, I understand, there were opportunities in acquiring properties lost by “business people” who leveraged what they did not have, but that’s not the target of people like Trump. Their target were moms and dads. Young people. Retired people. People with young children who lost their homes because they lost their jobs and their banks refused to modify their aggressive interest rate loans. A business person takes what talent, ability, assets they have and puts them to use to relieve the misery of others.

Another opportunity to be a business person in a crisis will come along again. If I have to think if my action is right or wrong based on my intention to run for office, or If I have to ask rhetorically, “What am I going to do?” then I’m stupid.